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Tom Moody’s got a lot of great posts on his blog right now, including a sympathy letter to artists who made Hissbitch’s Five Worst Net Artists list, and some griping over the meet-up event titled, “Social Media, Art, and The Like Economy”. Moody points to Ryder Ripps’ “Zillion Hits vs The Darger Economy” as a better way to frame the discussion. He’s right, of course, though waiting til you’re dead for fame doesn’t leave much to talk about on a panel like this. That said, Marina Galperina expressed an interest in viral content driven by conflict, so perhaps this panel would have benefited from hosting at least one person who doesn’t give a shit about likes. [Tom Moody]

Speaking of The Like Economy, this NYTimes Bits blog post about how Facebook may actually be suppressing likes you don’t pay for is frightening. [NYTimes]

Carolina Miranda’s post on Richard Jackson will be made into a TV show if she can get enough votes. This is what journalism 2.0 looks like. (Vote for her). [kcet]

Blast from the past: 8 months ago Edward Winkleman posted an excerpt from a newsletter by collector Alain Servais about what he calls “very bankable artists” VBA and the necessity for galleries to “grow or go”. Very prescient. [Edward Winkleman]

Related, in that same post, a number of commentors speculate on the meaning of a tweet I sent out back in August that read, “Art could do without the art world”. To be clear, I was simply referring to the ridiculous apparatus that holds this economy together, which includes a world of bullshit press releases and art lingo, skeevy dealers and curators, and a press corps that eats all this nonsense up. We all have days where we can include ourselves on that list, but hopefully, not too many. [Edward Winkleman]